age positive – Seclusion 101 with AnneMarie

Today is Day 313 of my Daily Food Diary. 🤗

Yesterday was a nice quiet Sunday. Dan, Molly, and I went for our morning walk around the neighborhood. The highlight of my afternoon was making a batch of Snickerdoodles – my first ever.

The snickerdoodles didn’t live up to the hype in my mind, but a little cream cheese icing would probably take them up a notch.

Today we had a plan to go to Prairie Mobile to trade up our cell phones and then head down the strip mall to Chappy’s for lunch. The day hasn’t gone according to plan – my bad. 🙄

I forgot the plan and made a big breakfast of fried leftover potatoes and ham & cheese omelets. Half way through our walk this morning, I realized neither of us would be up for a restaurant lunch.

Granddaughter Maddy would be so disappointed. She was born with a plan – and a plan is a done deal!

It started innocently enough when she showed up with a plan to go to McDonald’s for lunch, which morphed into a plan to make a list and go shopping for: a new coloring book & crayons, new panties, a new purse, and a balloon on a stick.

Nowadays, she is working on a life plan… education, career, lifestyle – it’s there, written in black and white but set in stone.

And, meanwhile Grandma can’t stick with the plan to go pick out a new phone and have lunch. As much as I need a new phone, I seriously need a new phone case! Both are about eight years old and my case is hanging by a thread (a dirty thread to boot 🤦).

Daily Food Diary – Day 313

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2)

(1) c brown sugar cheerios (210)

(1/4) c milk (28)

Snacks:

(2) black licorice Twizzlers (45)

(1) tbsp honey (40)

(2) Snickerdoodles (180)

(1) Belgium Chocolate cookie (53)

Dinner:

(1) baked chicken leg & thigh (150

(1) c boiled potatoes (160)

(1/2) c gravy (80)

(1) c corn (125)

(1) tsp butter (34)

(1) glass Red Wine (165)

Total consumed calories: 1272

Total used calories: 137

(30) min walking (137)

Total net calories: 1135

Net calories goal: 1208 – 1135 = 73 under 👍

That’s it for today. Take care and have a great day! 💖😁

This is Day 106 of my Daily Food Diary. It is also my sister Lorraine’s birthday! 🥳 Although, there are two years and a few months between us, we grew up more as twins and best friends, than sisters.

It is hard to believe that the two little girls who played in a cardboard fort while recovering from chicken pox…. the two teenagers who sang Hey Jude and such tunes together while doing dishes… the two young women who learned how to (and how not to) bake buns together… the two young mothers who learned how to mother together… the two sisters who have shared countless holidays, visits – camping, hot tub and quadding moments – throughout the years, are the same two elegant old ladies who share our health news, fitness goals, cooking tips, grandbaby and fur baby photos, jokes and memes TODAY. 😳

**Elaine (the mature responsible sister) with Lorraine and I 😁**

Life is short and goes by way too fast. It’s not about looking good or having more – it is about living well and sharing it with the ones you love.

Daily Food Diary – Day 106

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2) (4.7 mg)

(2) poached eggs (143) (297 mg)

(2) Potato patties (240) (420 mg)

Snacks:

(36) oz water

(1) c Lemon Ginger Tea

(24) Lightly salted Lays (134) (48 mg) (.5 g)

Supper:

Two crust turkey pie:

(1/2) Deep crust pie shell (440) (280 mg) (4 g)

(6) oz turkey (300) (134 mg)

(1/3) potato (27) (3 mg)

(1/4) cooking onion (3)

(1) pc celery (1) (3.2 mg)

(1) carrot (25) (42.1 mg)

(1/4) c peas (28)

(1/3) c chicken gravy (24) (288 mg)

Total Net Calories: 1179

Net Calorie Goal: 1259 – 1179 = 80 under 👍

Total Sodium: 1520 mg

Sodium goal: 1500 to 2300 mg 👍

Total Processed Sugar: 4.5 grams

Processed Sugar Goal: < 25 grams 👍

*** I know I met my goal for processed sugar, but still… Tenderflake puts sugar in their pie crusts. Who does that? And why?

That’s it for today. Take care and have a great day! 😊💕

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Daily Food Diary – Day 313 of 365

Daily Food Diary – Day 106 of 365